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Clinic attendances during the first 12 months of life for Aboriginal children in five remote communities of northern AustraliaThe median number of presentations per child in the first year of life was 21 with multiple reasons for presentation.
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Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children in Tropical Northern AustraliaWe conducted a retrospective review for all cases of S aureus bacteremia and sterile site infections, for children under 15 years, in northern Australia over...
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Association between early bacterial carriage and otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal childrenStreptococcus pneumoniae (Pnc), nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) are the most important bacterial pathogens...
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Skin infections send eight out of every 100 Aboriginal babies to hospitalIn a WA first, researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia have shown that Aboriginal babies are 22.5 times more likely to be treated for skin infections than non-Aboriginal babies.
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The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher awarded support fundingA Kids Research Institute Australia researcher has been awarded $10,000 from the New Independent Researcher Infrastructure Support (NIRIS) award.
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Celebrating 20 years of meningitis awarenessAustralian charity celebrates 20 years of providing meningitis awareness and marks World Meningitis Day with footy star
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Caesarean link to respiratory infections in babiesCaesarean link to respiratory infections in babies
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Perth trial begins on investigational Golden Staph vaccinePerth researchers are calling for volunteers to help test an investigational vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph).
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Volunteers needed to trial new vaccine against dengue feverPerth researchers are about to trial a new vaccine that aims to protect against all four strains of the potentially devastating Dengue Fever.
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Infections leave life-long scarsHigh rates of recurrent infection are a major risk to the health of Aboriginal children and are comparable to those of third world countries.